BOURG: Jan. 11, 2013

Free income tax preparation: Catholic Charities is looking for volunteers for help with free income tax preparation and e-filing for families with incomes less than $50,000.

Free income tax preparation: Catholic Charities is looking for volunteers for help with free income tax preparation and e-filing for families with incomes less than $50,000. For information, call Jennifer Gaudet at Catholic Charities at 876-0490. Home computerized training can begin at any time. The Bourg Knights of Columbus Council No. 8932 is looking for senior boys and girls from St. Ann Catholic Church graduating from South Terrebonne High School or Vandebilt Catholic High School. The council would like these seniors to contact Kenneth Hebert if interested in applying for the St. Ann Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth Leadership Award Scholarship Program. For information, call Kenneth Hebert at 209-8767.Adults and children over 8 who are interested in being baptized, in becoming Catholic or in preparing for the sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist are asked to call St. Ann Catholic Church rectory at 594-3548. This includes unbaptized as well as inactive Catholics who would like to complete unfulfilled initiation — Communion, Confession and Confirmation. Consecutive, bi-weekly meetings will continue from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday nights in the church’s multi-purpose room, 4355 La. 24, Bourg.A neighborhood Mass was held Oct. 29 at the home of Anna Bell and Floyd Trosclair. You can schedule a home Mass to pray for relatives, the sick and the suffering. For information, call one of the following area captains:Area 1: La. 24, LeCompte and Bienville subdivisions, Peggy Lirette, 594-2400 Area 2: Company Canal Bridge, La. 24 up to Bourg/Larose Highway, Steve and Cathy Hornsby, 594-3510 Area 3: Bourg-Larose Highway up to 500 block of La. 55, Dot Rogers, 594-2413 Area 4: Green Acres, Presque Isle and Bayouside Drive, Lisa Lapeyrouse, 872-4864 Area 5: Country Drive, Jeff and Bart to St. Agnes neighborhoods, Paula Neil, 876-5526 Area 6: Klondyke, Lower Country Drive from St. Agnes, down the bayou, Irma Authement, 594-2126 St. Ann Catholic Church has qualified for Chevron Humankind Give and Match Program. It is one-to-one matching program for financial contributions to nonprofits up to $3,000 per retiree or $10,000 per employee annually. The church has already started to receive Dollar Match Funds from Chevron’s Program. If you have pledged to the Building Fund and would like to apply for the Dollar Match Program, call Mary or Christine at 594-3548. Bible study: Two video Bible studies to guide parishioners in the growth of your faith. The Matthew Bible study meets on the second Sunday of every month. The Exodus Bible study meets after the 8 a.m. Mass on Tuesdays.Altar servers: Boys and girls interested in becoming an altar server at St. Ann Catholic Church can contact Connie Dupre. Boys and girls must be in third grade or higher for the 2012-13 school year to be eligible to be an altar server.School news: Here is a list of events and activities scheduled at South Terrebonne High School, 3879 La. 24, Bourg: Parent Teacher Organization meeting, 6 p.m. Monday; spring open house, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday; progress reports issued, Thursday; staff development day and students do not report to school, Jan. 18; and Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Jan. 21.Balfour: Balfour is the official supplier of senior supplies and junior graduation rings. All Balfour products are optional. Here are four ways to make payments:Balfour comes to school once a month to collect payments during lunch period, from 10:30 to 11:05 a.m. See Balfour scheduled dates below.Payments can be mailed to Balfour, P.O. Box 55520, Metairie, LA 70055. Make sure to include student’s name and school name on the payment.You can call in a payment with a debit or credit card at 504-833-7330. Payments can also be made online at www.balfour.com. Here are some important Balfour dates:Feb. 7: Balfour payments and final senior payments.March 19: Senior delivery and final ring payments.May 9: Ring ceremony.Support group: A small grief-support group is scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at the TARC Café on the Houma campus.Hours: The Bourg Recreation Center, 4411 Eldred St., is open from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.Eye-glass appeal: The Bourg Lions Club is continuing its appeal for used eyeglasses and hearing aids. The Bourg Lions Club has receptacles in local library branches and several businesses for deposit, or they can be taken on Tuesdays to the Bourg Lions Home, 109 Texas Gulf Road.Bingo: The Bourg Lions Club’s bingo is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Lions Home. If you are playing bingo during your birthday month, you are given a free birthday book.Birthdays: Judy Stoufflet, Jan. 11; Gilbert Stoufflet, Gerald Brunet, Christine Naquin, Rose Collins, Jan. 14; Mike Songe, Joyce Danos, Hunter Champane and Becky Robertson, Jan. 15.Anniversaries: Ray and Pat Hunter, Jan. 12; and David and June LeCompte, Jan. 12.

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